CMD (c) 1989/1990 by Comp-TO-Comp Frankfurt - All rights reserved

Overview of the available CMD commands. Read CMD.DOC for further information.

OPEN OR RELEASE A TASK (WINDOW)

cmd -o XX   ................Open a task 'XX'
cmd -ob XX  ................Open a task 'XX' in background
cmd -obs XX ................Open a task 'XX' in background and suspend it
cmd -f XX   ................Force current task XX to be inlisted into the
                            tasktable.
cmd -rl XX  ................Release a previous suspended task
cmd -bstp XX................Task XX will be stopped if switched into background
cmd -bstr XX................Task XX will remain active in background
cmd -start XXXXX.EXE........Start any programm even if no PIF-FILE is
                            available.

CLOSE OR SUSPEND A TASK (WINDOW)

cmd -c   XX................Close tast XX
cmd -sp  XX................Suspend task XX


INTERTASK-COMMUNICATION

cmd -sm XX MSG ............Send a message to task XX
cmd -so XX ORDER ..........Send an order to XX (mostly SHELL)
cmd -cm XX ................Check tasks XX mailbox for waiting messages
cmd -mm    ................Check currents task mailbox for waiting messages
cmd -kb XX ................Connect keyboard to task XX
cmd -wkb XX MSG ...........Send a message to task XXs keyboard
cmd -rm ...................Display waiting mail if available
cmd -wm ...................Wait until there will be mail available and 
                           display it.

INFORMATION

cmd -wwc MSG ..............Open a window, display message and close it again.
cmd -wwk MSG ..............Open a window, display message and keep it open.
cmd -wwi MSG ..............Open a window, display message and close it with-
                           out waiting of calling task.
cmd -beep XXXX YY .........Beep next YY sec. on a frequency of XXXX Hz
cmd -sleep XXX ............Sleep next xx/100 seconds


DESQVIEW-MENU:

cmd -dvm nm................Make Desqviews Main-Menu unavailable
cmd -dvm nc................Make "Close a window" unavailable
cmd -dvm nq................Make "Quit Desqview" unavailable
cmd -dvm no................Make "Open a window" unavailable
cmd -dvm ok................Make everything available (again)

SPECIALS:

cmd -tt    ................Show tasktable
cmd -m     ................Display current memory-map
cmd -?     ................Display CMDs installation
cmd -sh    ................Go into CMD shell mode


DesqView is a registered trademark of Quarterdeck Office-Systems.
